Johnson and Hensman — Agricultural Seeds, ^c. 



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Haed Fescue. 

 {Fesiiica duriuscula.) 



Holcus lanatus, L., 

 Serrafalcus Jiordeaceus, Or. 

 Godr., . . . . 



{Bromiis mollis, L.) 

 Rumex acetosella, L., 

 Ornithopus satwus, Brot., 



(0. perpusilhis, L.) 

 Plantago lanceolata, L. . 

 Anthemis arvensis, L., . 

 Lapsana communis, L., . 

 Hypochaeris radicata, L., 



Yorkshire Fog. 



Soft Brome Grass. 



Sheep's Sorrel. 

 Bird's Foot. 



Ribwort Plantain. 

 Corn Chamomile. 

 Nipplewort. (W. E.) 

 Cat's-ear. N. Z. 



Tall Fescue [Festuca Elatior, L. ; F. Arundinacea, Shreb.). 



irilis, L., . . . Barren Brome Grass. 



Myosotis, Sp., .... Scorpion Grass. 



Prunella vulgaris, L., . . . Self-heal. 



Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, L., Ox-eye Daisy. 



Lapsana communis, L., . . Nipplewort. W. E. 



Crepis biennis, L., . . . Rough Hawk's-bit. W. E. 



Hypochaeris radicata, L., . . Cat's-ear. (N. Z.) 



Sonchus asper. Hill, . . . Rough Sowthistle. 



Sainfoin {Onohrychis sativa) ; 0. vieiaefolia. Scop. (S. & M. E.) 



Poterium sanguisorba, L., . . Burnet. (W. E.) 

 (= Sanguisorba minor, Scop.) 



In one or two cases half of the sample of Sainfoin, a valuable fodder-plant 

 for a light limy soil, was Burnet, of little fodder value. 



Meadow Fescue {Festuca pratensis, Huds.). 



A. Alopecurus myosuroides, Huds., . Foxtail Grass. (W. E.) 

 [A. agrestis, L.) 



The difference in the quality of the feeding-stuSs on sale for poultry is 

 striking. One kind consists of the screenings from foreign wheat and other 

 cereals. We have examined a number of these, and find in them nearly 120 

 different kinds of seed. Of these about one-third only are the seeds of weeds 

 indigenous in Ireland, and of the rest 32 are included in the Hand-List (5) 



